2005

2005 is the 134th year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.

Events

January 4: Homewood Middle School moved to a new building
January 6: Tapestry went on the air
February 22: Magic City Flickr Group was founded
March: The Birmingham Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta lost 70 jobs
May: ServisFirst Bank was founded
May 30: Natalee Holloway went missing in Aruba
June 17-19: 2005 City Stages
June 28: Richard Scrushy was acquitted of 36 counts of fraud and conspiracy
July: The Universist Movement was chartered as a religious non-profit corporation in Alabama
August 15: Renaissance Ross Bridge Golf Resort and Spa opened
September 23: The Birmingham Post-Herald published its last edition
October: SouthPoint Bank opened
October 24: SouthTrust Bank merged with Wachovia
October 26: Don Siegelman was indicted on charges of racketeering, bribery, and extortion; Richard Scrushy was indicted on charges of bribery and mail fraud

February 5: Elton B. Stephens, businessman and philanthropist
March 1: Houston Brice, Jr, businessman
June 2: Maynard, Birmingham Zoo lion
August 2: Loulie Jean Norman, singer
August 9: C. Pat Reynolds, restauranteur and former mayor of Vestavia Hills
December 23: Harold Ruttenberg, founder of Just For Feet and Amalgamated Concepts

See also List of Birmingham homicides in 2005